Hall Carter was recently named the new executive director of the Mississippi Kidney Foundation. The Memphis native has worked for several U.S. senators, most recently serving as Sen. Roger Wicker’s executive assistant and scheduler.

After learning that Jackson taxpayers will be on the hook for repaying $350,000 in bond money misspent by the Jackson Zoological Society, the capital city’s tax base will now be on the hook for at least a million dollars more in zoo water fees.

So far this year, the zoo has racked up $1,042,000 in water usage fees.